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Windows 7: I removed WAT and Windows activated itself to genuine???

So I have this Dell Vostro 1500 Core 2 Duo that came with Windows Vista Home Basic from Dell. It was, I presume, upgraded to Windows 7 Ultimate x86 and cracked with RemoveWAT. Since I need this laptop to be legit, I removed the WAT using WATFix and restarted the laptop and then it said it was not genuine, so far so good. I was ready to go and buy a key and put it in but before that I followed Windows' prompt to "check if your windows is genuine" and to my surprise it said it was genuine! But I didn't do anything!

The installation is counterfeit.
You have an HP Key and SLIC table on a DELL machine manufactured 18 months before Windows 7 was released.
There is an Activation Exploit installed holding the thing together.

PSU n/a Hard Drives 750GB Seagate internal
Sundry external drives attached to other computers on the local network
1TB on the Lenovo Internet Speed as much as I can get - usually on a dongle, so <1Mb/s Antivirus MSE Browser IE11/Chrome/FF(if I must)

PSU n/a Hard Drives 750GB Seagate internal
Sundry external drives attached to other computers on the local network
1TB on the Lenovo Internet Speed as much as I can get - usually on a dongle, so <1Mb/s Antivirus MSE Browser IE11/Chrome/FF(if I must)

I removed WAT and Windows activated itself to genuine???

Check If Your Windows Is Activated And Genuine!Hello SevenForum Viewers/Members.
Today im am going to cover something really simple, but yet very helpful. If you have bought a laptop or desktop second hand, or you have bought windows but would like to check if it is genuine this is how.
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